Biotech/Pharma Early Career Forum (BIO): Co-Sponsored with ISPE*
Date: September 11, 2006
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Room: Logan 1

ONLINE REGISTRATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH!

You must be registered for this event. Please visit the registration page and select the Biotech/Pharma Forum (BIO) (Monday) option. Seating is limited, so register today!

Registration Rates
$125 Members/Non-members; $30 Students
Registration includes access to forum sessions, lunch, and conference reception**

This forum is designed for design engineers who are interested in careers with the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. The forum will address career options such as the role of mechanical engineers with the pharmaceutical manufacturers (owners), engineering & construction companies (consulting companies), and vendors/suppliers of hardware, software, and services. Examples of engineering projects via case studies will illustrate the current and comprehensive aspects of the industry. Presentations on important emerging technical aspects within the industry will look to the future, showing some of the exciting opportunities on the horizon. Professionals in the early stages of their careers in project, design, or support functions are especially encouraged to attend this forum to obtain a strong technical overview of the industry, with information which would be useful in the office. Click here to download the forum flyer.

Keynote Address

Andrew A. Signore, PE, PMP, DBIA

A review of the current pharmaceutical industry trends as they relate to finance, strategic marketing, compliance and technology. These elements will set the foundation for a focused dialogue on manufacturing, the health of the US industry and reasons for engineers and project managers to be attracted to working in the growth areas of bio tech, novel delivery systems, risk management approaches to sterile processing, containment and compliant manufacturing.

Andrew A. Signore, PE, PMP, DBIA, is Co-Founder and CEO of IntegratedProject Services (IPS). Founded in 1989, an engineering and project delivery firmfocused on healthcare/pharma facilities. He has held senior engineering positionsat SmithKlineGlaxo, Pfizer, and Merck. Signore earned his BSChE fromManhattan College and a MBA from Pace University. He is a registeredprofessional engineer in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, New Jersey, Delawareand North Carolina. Signore was inaugural president of Design Build Institute ofAmerica's Delaware Valley Chapter and is a charter holder of a DBIA designation.In addition, Signore is past chairman of the International Society forPharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), National and past president of ISPE DelawareValley Chapter, and a frequent course leader. Signore has received ISPE'sDistinguished Achievement Award for his many professional contributions to theSociety. Signore is past president of the New Jersey Chapter of ProjectManagement Institute (PMI).

Forum Speakers and Presentation Topics

Pharmaceutical Industry Trends
Andrew A. Signore, CEO & Co-Founder, IPS

Good Manufacturing Practices
Steve J. Wisniewski, Senior Associate, Director of Compliance, IPS

Process Analytical Technologies & End Drug Development
Russ Somma, Ph.D, President, SommaTech, LLC

Project Management Case Study of the Wyeth, Grange Castle, Ireland Project
Thomas W. Flachmeyer, Senior Director, Wyeth

Career Paths for Bio/Pharma Engineers
Charles A. Clerecuzio, PE, Vice President, Biopharmaceuticals, AMEC BioPharmaceuticals

*This event will take place in conjunction with the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Sept. 10-13, 2006 where hundreds of scientists, engineers and academics come together to exchange ideas related to design, manufacturing and computer information in engineering.

**Forum attendees are welcome to join the Conference Reception, which will be hosted at the University of Pennsylvania at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in the majestic setting of the Chinese Rotunda on Monday evening. Bus transportation will be available from the conference hotel to the event from 6:15 pm to 9:45 pm.

Other Events of Interest
ASME's 19th Annual Bioprocess Technology Seminars
October 23-27, 2006
Montreal, Canada

This event offers 11 concurrent technology seminars covering a variety of bioprocess topics such as Bioreactor Process Technology, Bioprocess Equipment Design, Bio-downstream Process Design and Economics, Aseptic Fill and Finish for Biopharmaceuticals, Bioreactor and Fermentation Design, and others. For more details, visit the ASME 19th Annual Bioprocess Technology Seminars website, or contact Jennifer Delda at 800-843-2763.